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and it doesn't honor the name of freddie gray. as a consequence i've been in the streets for the last couple of hours trying to get protesters to go home and young people to turn around. this is grossly unfortunate and it does not mirror the nonviolent movement that we have been promoting over the last week. as a consequence we are having an emergency citywide town hall meeting tomorrow night to bring young people together, to bring calm and focus about what should be our emphasis tonight. >> thank you for speaking to us sir. note that as events warrant in baltimore we will go back during this broadcast. >>> we want to turn to the growing humanitarian disaster in nepal. the death toll now more than 4,000. sadly, it is expected to keep rising. at least four americans are among the dead. others remain unaccounted for. families waiting for word here at home. miguel almaguer is covering the urgent rescue mission on mt. everest. first we go to our chief foreign correspondent, richard engel in the capital, kathmandu. >> reporter: this i
and it doesn't honor the name of freddie gray. as a consequence i've been in the streets for the last couple of hours trying to get protesters to go home and young people to turn around. this is grossly unfortunate and it does not mirror the nonviolent movement that we have been promoting over the last week. as a consequence we are having an emergency citywide town hall meeting tomorrow night to bring young people together, to bring calm and focus about what should be our emphasis tonight....
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freddie gray was already inside. the two men were separated by a solid metal partition. they couldn't see one another. today allen spoke to jane miller. >> we went straight to the police station. all i heard was a little banging for four seconds. >> reporter: miller briefed by law enforcement sources on the autopsy report. >> it contains no evidence that mr. gray was banging his head on his own against anything. >> reporter: the decision whether to prosecute any of the six officers involved now falls to the state attorney marilyn most by. at 35 the youngest chief prosecutor of any major city in the country. the police department's decision not to release the results tomorrow is fueling frustrations and fears of more violence. >> regrettably somebody has put a metal plate in the microwave and when you see it spin around you get to see flares going off and that's why we're working so tirelessly to subdue this. >> tracy williams wants justice to be served. >> it's not the 1940s this is 2015 and still have a long way to go. >> reporter: but they won't have to go at it alone.
freddie gray was already inside. the two men were separated by a solid metal partition. they couldn't see one another. today allen spoke to jane miller. >> we went straight to the police station. all i heard was a little banging for four seconds. >> reporter: miller briefed by law enforcement sources on the autopsy report. >> it contains no evidence that mr. gray was banging his head on his own against anything. >> reporter: the decision whether to prosecute any of the...
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freddie gray would not want this. freddie's father and mother does not want no violence. violence does not get no justice. >> reporter: officials say one of yesterday's demonstrations turned tense outside camden yards, home of baseball's orioles. fans were told to stay inside the ballpark until it was safe to leave. this afternoon in maryland capital, a small rally in support of police. >> we feel it's time to say thank you to our officers. >> reporter: a funeral for freddie gray is scheduled for tomorrow. ron mott, nbc news new york. >>> it was a terrifying rampage killing dozens of people at a colorado movie theater. tomorrow opening statements will begin in the trial of james holmes. it's an unusual case for a jury deciding the fate of a shooter that survived such an attack. the question question, was he sane? here's nbc's jacob rascon. >> the movie premier just started when james holmes entered theater nine heavily armed and dressed in tactical gear. first responders found hundreds of panicked movie goers and dozens of victims. >> you heard little kids screaming for t
freddie gray would not want this. freddie's father and mother does not want no violence. violence does not get no justice. >> reporter: officials say one of yesterday's demonstrations turned tense outside camden yards, home of baseball's orioles. fans were told to stay inside the ballpark until it was safe to leave. this afternoon in maryland capital, a small rally in support of police. >> we feel it's time to say thank you to our officers. >> reporter: a funeral for freddie...
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we've had several thousand people today protesting marching the streets starting in the whe freddie gray was ar and then marching all the way down here to city hall. and at this minute down at camden yards at the baseball stadium. and they are having a confrontation with police. i've got multiple sources telling me that. but for the most part this day has been about a very vocal but yet peaceful day of protest. from the neighborhood where freddie gray was arrested through the streets of baltimore, past camden yards and onto city hall. >> no justice, no peace! >> rep this saturd has been an afternoo of protest. the police under fire for a fatal spinal cord injury that freddie gray apparently suffered while in police custody. for many people here it's onen of brutality too many. >> black lives has be lost for many years at the hands of the police department. and we need it to stop. >> reporte this department's with the coy badly strained. >> i know it's going get better. it's not going to have a choice but to get yesterday police commissioner anthony batts urged troublemakers to stay away.
we've had several thousand people today protesting marching the streets starting in the whe freddie gray was ar and then marching all the way down here to city hall. and at this minute down at camden yards at the baseball stadium. and they are having a confrontation with police. i've got multiple sources telling me that. but for the most part this day has been about a very vocal but yet peaceful day of protest. from the neighborhood where freddie gray was arrested through the streets of...
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because through me you will live. >> freddy's death is not in vain. after this day we're going to keep on marching. after this day we're going to keep demanding justice. >> reporter: a promise not to let freddy gray's death be forgotten. >> no justice! no justice! no justice! >> reporter: in baltimore tonight, stores closed down intersections blocked off with rioters once again taking to the streets. >> this was a day of sacred closure in the funeral. so for us to come out of the burial and walk into this is absolutely inexcusable. >> reporter: for yet another night, baltimore is on edge. the fbi is now involved in investigating this threat against police. meanwhile, the orioles/white sox game tonight that was going to be played at camden yards, postponed. no game tonight. they'll reschedule it down the road. >> fire engines are getting to that burning star. >>> on the phone, reverend jamaal bryant who you just saw in tom's story. you delivered eulogy today. the come outside on a day of mourning and see this what we are seeing now. describe your react
because through me you will live. >> freddy's death is not in vain. after this day we're going to keep on marching. after this day we're going to keep demanding justice. >> reporter: a promise not to let freddy gray's death be forgotten. >> no justice! no justice! no justice! >> reporter: in baltimore tonight, stores closed down intersections blocked off with rioters once again taking to the streets. >> this was a day of sacred closure in the funeral. so for us to...
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how 25-year-old freddie gray suffered a fatal spinal cord injury while in police custody. it happened just after 8:40 a.m. on sunday, april 12th. >> get off me, yo. [ bleep ]. >> reporter: cell phone video provided by the victim's attorney purports to show officers arresting gray, then loading him into a van. police say at 8:42 a.m. mr. gray asked for an inhaler. and about 8:46 a.m., the van's driver radioed that gray was becoming irate. the van stopped and gray was placed in leg irons. at 8:59 a.m., the driver requested another officer come check on gray. and at 9:24 a.m. police called for paramedics who rushed him to the hospital where he remained in a coma until he died yesterday. >> our information is that he basically had his neck broken and his spine was almost completely severed. >> reporter: friends describe freddie gray as a jokester who grew up in a rough neighborhood but not someone who was violent. >> freddie was a nice person. it's sad he had to go out like that, what they did to him. >> reporter: this is only the most recent case of alleged police brutality h
how 25-year-old freddie gray suffered a fatal spinal cord injury while in police custody. it happened just after 8:40 a.m. on sunday, april 12th. >> get off me, yo. [ bleep ]. >> reporter: cell phone video provided by the victim's attorney purports to show officers arresting gray, then loading him into a van. police say at 8:42 a.m. mr. gray asked for an inhaler. and about 8:46 a.m., the van's driver radioed that gray was becoming irate. the van stopped and gray was placed in leg...
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>> this is about more than freddie gray. this is about educational, social, environmental decadence that has plagued this city for eons. >> reporter: mostly young people. look like university-aged people. some are from baltimore, some from out of town. they're marching and you hear their demands. they're not satisfied. they don't believe that the justice system is going to work for them. they're out here. they're going to stay out here until they see justice. back to you, lester. >> all right. ron allen with the marchers. let's go to peter alexander now. he's at city hall in baltimore where the national guard is out in force. peter? >> reporter: good evening. you can see that strong show of force right now. state and local police as well as members of the national kbard here. this is the most law enforcement we've seen at this site all week. they've been anticipating these loud demonstrations and finally they've arrived. the demonstrations resumed today. hundreds marching through the streets of west baltimore peacefully. >>
>> this is about more than freddie gray. this is about educational, social, environmental decadence that has plagued this city for eons. >> reporter: mostly young people. look like university-aged people. some are from baltimore, some from out of town. they're marching and you hear their demands. they're not satisfied. they don't believe that the justice system is going to work for them. they're out here. they're going to stay out here until they see justice. back to you, lester....
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the protests were th largest since the death of freddie gra nearly one week ago. nbc's tom costello i in baltimore again tonight. tom, good evening. >> reporter: hi ther peter. we've had several thousand protesters in the streets. they started in freddie gray's neighborhood they wound their way throug streets do to city hall. and just in the last minutes we've had violent confrontations with police closer to camden yards near the baseball stadium. but for the most par this day has been about a very vocal b yet peaceful day of protest. from the neighborhoo where freddie gray w arrested, through the streets of baltimore past camden yards an onto city hall. >> no justice, no peace! >> reporter: this saturday has been an afternoon of protest. the police under fire for a fatal spinal cord injury that freddie gray apparently suffered while in pol custody. for many people here it's one allegation police brutality too many. >> black lives has been lost for many years at the hands o the police departmen and we need it to stop. >> reporter: this department's relationship wi
the protests were th largest since the death of freddie gra nearly one week ago. nbc's tom costello i in baltimore again tonight. tom, good evening. >> reporter: hi ther peter. we've had several thousand protesters in the streets. they started in freddie gray's neighborhood they wound their way throug streets do to city hall. and just in the last minutes we've had violent confrontations with police closer to camden yards near the baseball stadium. but for the most par this day has been...
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was it all about freddie gray or something more in the consensus of those i spoke to today is that it is something more, that this traces its roots back decades. his cell phone camera rolling as unruly crowd surges towards a check cashing store and then begins ransacking the place. andre jolly witnessed what he and many others who live in this neighborhood have seen coming for decades. >> it didn't make sense, but at the same time freddie gray didn't make sense, and until somebody makes sense of the real problem, and that's the safety of the youth, they are going to act out, our youth will act out. >> reporter: and little can explain yesterday's violence but there is plenty that may inform it. it's a neighborhood where more than 50% of residents are not employed, a third of its residential housy empty or abandoned, where in one four-year period a quarter of kids ages 10 to 17 had been arrested a place where residents are twice as likely to die from homicide than other baltimore residents, and now adding to the misery of those growing up here this. are you afraid for what's going to ha
was it all about freddie gray or something more in the consensus of those i spoke to today is that it is something more, that this traces its roots back decades. his cell phone camera rolling as unruly crowd surges towards a check cashing store and then begins ransacking the place. andre jolly witnessed what he and many others who live in this neighborhood have seen coming for decades. >> it didn't make sense, but at the same time freddie gray didn't make sense, and until somebody makes...
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was this all about freddie gray or something else? the consensus of people i spoke to in this city today say there was a lot more to it that what happened here is rooted decades ago. his cell phone camera rolling as the unruly crowd surges toward a check cashing store, then begins ransacking the place, andre jolly witnessed what he and many others who live in this neighborhood ha seen coming for decades. >> it didn't make but at the same time freddie gray didn't make sense. and until somebody mixed the real problem and they're going to act out like youth act out. and little c explain yesterday's violence. but there is plenty that may inform it. it's a neighborhood where more than 50% of residents are not employed. third of its residential housing emy or abandoned. where in one four-year period a quarter of kids ages 10 to 17 had been arrested. a place where residents are twice as likely to die from homicide than other baltimore residents. and now, adding to the misery of those growing up here this. are you afraid for what's going to h
was this all about freddie gray or something else? the consensus of people i spoke to in this city today say there was a lot more to it that what happened here is rooted decades ago. his cell phone camera rolling as the unruly crowd surges toward a check cashing store, then begins ransacking the place, andre jolly witnessed what he and many others who live in this neighborhood ha seen coming for decades. >> it didn't make but at the same time freddie gray didn't make sense. and until...
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like cell phone video, it shows 25-year-old freddie gray being taken into cus placed in a police van a week ago. some time between this moment and his arrival at the police gray's spine was nearly severed. but tonight police still can't say how. gray died yesterday. tonight, as the community demands answers, police are taking action. tom costello was on the story for us. >> tell the truth and stop the lies. freddie gray didn't have to die. >> reporter: for a second day i baltimore, a demand for answers into how 25-year-old fr gray suffered a fatal spinal cord injury while in polic custody. it happened just after 8:40 a.m. on sunday, april 12th. >> get off me, yo. [ bleep ]. >> reporter: cell phone video provid by the victim's attorney purports to show officers arresting gray, then loading him into a van. police say at 8:42 a.m. mr. gray as for an inh. and about 8:46 a.m., the van's driver radioed that gray was becoming irate. the van stopped and gray was placed in leg at 8:59 a.m., the driver requested another officer come check on gray. and at 9:24 a.m. police called for paramedics
like cell phone video, it shows 25-year-old freddie gray being taken into cus placed in a police van a week ago. some time between this moment and his arrival at the police gray's spine was nearly severed. but tonight police still can't say how. gray died yesterday. tonight, as the community demands answers, police are taking action. tom costello was on the story for us. >> tell the truth and stop the lies. freddie gray didn't have to die. >> reporter: for a second day i baltimore,...
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marching from the main train station in baltimore to city hall, demanding justice for freddie gray and his family. they're frustrated an upset that police say they will not release on friday the results of a preliminary investigation into why gray died. why out here? >> this is enough is enough. we all need to be equal and we all ought to be treated right. we're all human beings. we all mean something. that's why we're out here fighting there. >> is an investigation under way. there is a system in place. you don't trust it? why not? >> because we've been having this for so long and still nothing has been done. >> reporter: through it all, there were no incidents reported no violence, no confrontations with authorities. now they repair to home because once again baltimore faces a curfew at 10:00 p.m. tonight. lester, back to you. >> all right, ron allen. thanks. now to peter alexander who was at city hall where the national guard is out in force. peter? >> reporter: lester good evening to you. officials here said late today 101 people, nearly half of all those arrested during monday's r
marching from the main train station in baltimore to city hall, demanding justice for freddie gray and his family. they're frustrated an upset that police say they will not release on friday the results of a preliminary investigation into why gray died. why out here? >> this is enough is enough. we all need to be equal and we all ought to be treated right. we're all human beings. we all mean something. that's why we're out here fighting there. >> is an investigation under way. there...
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a number of people after the funeral of freddie gray but not people who apparently were attending the funeral services. disrupting businesses traffic, and other activities in the city of baltimore. number of policemen injured. eight so far we're told. we don't know what their conditions are. the crowds have been moving. they are mobile. and as has been said this is a fluid situation. and wendy right now is at our live desk. >> governor hogan has declared a state of emergency. he's activated the national guard. they are holding the governor the lieutenant governor and national guard agitant linda singh will hold a press conference at 8:30 tonight. they will describe what's the next move by the state now that they have declared a state of emergency and are activating the national guard. back to you. >> thank you, wendy. now we want to go to another reporter andrew mullen bach from wtop radio. andrew what are you seeing? >> reporter: i'm in west baltimore on west north avenue. this is where the protests and looting have taken place this afternoon. i have to say it is a striking image to
a number of people after the funeral of freddie gray but not people who apparently were attending the funeral services. disrupting businesses traffic, and other activities in the city of baltimore. number of policemen injured. eight so far we're told. we don't know what their conditions are. the crowds have been moving. they are mobile. and as has been said this is a fluid situation. and wendy right now is at our live desk. >> governor hogan has declared a state of emergency. he's...
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. >> reporter: today confirmation from baltimore police that freddie gray was arrested and placed into a police van, arresting officers failed to put a seat belt on him a violation of police policy. >> know he was not buckled in the transportation wagon he should have been. no excuses for that period. >> repor also police sai appeared to be talking and moving in the van until the third stop. among the questions, was gray given as what's known a rough ride jarring stops and starts that might have caused his fatal injury. >> if someone harmed freddie gray we're going to have to prosecute them. so giving too much information on the front end may jeop that prosecution. >> repor demonstrators have answer. among the protesters entire families including 11-year-old david williams. >> i'm worrying about me dying. and i'm thinking of everybody in my neighborhood stressed out with crack. i don't want to die. >> reporter: now they are promising to ratchets up the pressure tomorrow. >> they want an end to the cycle of black men being shot down gunned down having their spines broken and backs broke
. >> reporter: today confirmation from baltimore police that freddie gray was arrested and placed into a police van, arresting officers failed to put a seat belt on him a violation of police policy. >> know he was not buckled in the transportation wagon he should have been. no excuses for that period. >> repor also police sai appeared to be talking and moving in the van until the third stop. among the questions, was gray given as what's known a rough ride jarring stops and...
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would never wa this to happen to my son. >> reporter: gray family attorney billy murphy wants t why freddie gray was being chased in the first place. >> the man was arrested for literally running while black, or as we also jokingly on the inside say felony running. >> reporter: just over the past four years baltimore has paid out nearly $6 million in judgments and settlements involving allegations of police brutality and civil rights violations. the mistrust in the community goes back decades. local nbc reporter jayne miller has covered the city for 30 years. >> these folks in these communities where there's higher crime, where there's depopulation and there's blight they dealing with this kind of interaction wi police all the time. police commissioner is meeting with residents in this same neighborhood. >> we have a long way ahead of us. there's a lot of frustration in the community. we're aware of that. >> reporter: tonight, with the eyes of the country on baltimore, the police ins their investigation will be transpar and they say it will be honest and complete, le >> tom coste baltimore,
would never wa this to happen to my son. >> reporter: gray family attorney billy murphy wants t why freddie gray was being chased in the first place. >> the man was arrested for literally running while black, or as we also jokingly on the inside say felony running. >> reporter: just over the past four years baltimore has paid out nearly $6 million in judgments and settlements involving allegations of police brutality and civil rights violations. the mistrust in the community...
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. >> reporter: today, confirmation from baltimore police that once freddie gray was arrested and placed into a police van arresting officers failed to put a seat belt on him. a violation of police policy. >> we know he was not buckled in the transportation wagon as he should have been. no excuses for that, period. >> reporter: also today, police said gray appeared to be talking and moving in the van until the third stop. among the questions, was gray given what's known as a rough ride? jarring stops and starts that might have caused his fatal injury? >> forecast someone harmed fred gray, we're going to have to prosecute them. so giving too much information to you on the front here may jeopardize that prosecution. >> reporter: in the six days since gray died of a spinal cord injury. >> black lives matter! >> reporter: demonstrators have demanded answers. among the protesters this week, entire families, including 11-year-old david williams. >> i'm worried about me dying. and i'm thinking about my neighborhood stretched out with crack, and i just don't want to die. >> reporter: now demonst
. >> reporter: today, confirmation from baltimore police that once freddie gray was arrested and placed into a police van arresting officers failed to put a seat belt on him. a violation of police policy. >> we know he was not buckled in the transportation wagon as he should have been. no excuses for that, period. >> reporter: also today, police said gray appeared to be talking and moving in the van until the third stop. among the questions, was gray given what's known as a...
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the death of freddie gray who suffered a serious spinal injury in police custody. an attorney for the six officers suspended in the case alleges that gray may not have been wearing a seatbelt in the police van after his arrest. of those six officers, all but one have given investigators official accounts of the incident. >>> for the first time tonight we are hearing from the officer in yet another case that's provoked heated debate about the use of police force. this one in arizona. that shocking dashcam video of a police car plowing into an armed suspect. on a just-released audiotape, the officer at the wheel defends that violent takedown. nbc news national correspondent miguel almaguer has the story. >> reporter: accelerating to 40 miles an hour, the officer plows head-on into the armed suspect. now for the first time, we hear the veteran officer explain to investigators why he took the man down. >> he's holding what i believe to be a locked and loaded rifle based on the transmission that he has fired a round into the air. there's occupied businesses. there's two
the death of freddie gray who suffered a serious spinal injury in police custody. an attorney for the six officers suspended in the case alleges that gray may not have been wearing a seatbelt in the police van after his arrest. of those six officers, all but one have given investigators official accounts of the incident. >>> for the first time tonight we are hearing from the officer in yet another case that's provoked heated debate about the use of police force. this one in arizona....